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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






2. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






3. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






4. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






5. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






6. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






7. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






8. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






9. Technique of shading using dots to control value






10. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






11. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






12. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






13. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






14. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






15. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






16. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






17. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






18. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






19. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






20. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






21. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






22. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






23. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






24. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






25. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






26. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






29. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






30. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






31. The amount of light reflected by a hue






32. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






33. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






34. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






35. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






36. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






37. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






38. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






39. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






40. Pale green






41. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






42. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






43. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






44. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






45. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






46. Creates blue dye






47. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






48. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






49. Renowned for paintings and prints






50. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool